“Then I grew up,and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me.”
– The Beautiful and Damned, F.Scott Fitzgerald
Day 11- Falling
Sometimes I wish for falling
Wish for the release
Wish for falling through the air
To give me some relief
Because falling’s not the problem
When I’m falling I’m in peace
Its only when I hit the ground
It causes all the grief
HOW DOES FLORENCE DO IT?
How does she know exactly what goes on in my head?
I used to have an emo phase. I toned it down quite a bit so I wasn’t your usual eye liner wearing, black clothes donning emo. I was smiley and sunshiny on the outside but I was pretty dark inside. Then, I grew up and had something that resembled a life but there were phases when I would revert back to my emo past. It felt good knowing that I could have another personality at arms length when I was tired of being this person that I am. But Florence makes emo look so good that I might consider it my permanent personality. Just got to dye my hair a flaming red and get Gucci to sponsor my clothes.
Day 8 – Howl
“If you could only see the beast you’ve made of me
I held it in but now it seems you’ve set it running free
Screaming in the dark, I howl when we’re apart
Drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart”
I might have been living under a rock for so long ’cause I’ve only recently discovered Florence + The Machine. I love how amazing she is. She might be high most of the time but I love how wild, crazy and so full of energy she is. And her clothes and flaming red hair, I WANT.
“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.”
– Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg
“… while I bathed, while I tried but failed to sleep, I considered how I might become more like the women I respected and admired. Surrounded as I was by ambitious, accomplished women, I couldn’t ignore the little voice in my head that said maybe I was supposed to shed halfway, and do something significant. Contribute something. Accomplish something. Choose. Be.”
– Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Anne Fowler
Falafel by the beach.
“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Vegetarian appetizer plate, Mr.Kebab & Falafel, Capitola Beach
Two for Thai.
“First we eat then we do everything else.”
– M.F.K. Fisher
Tom Yam Goong, Bangkok Noodles, Union Square, San Francisco
It was one thing to make a mistake; it was another thing to keep making it. I knew what happened when you let yourself get close to someone, when you started to believe they loved you: you’d be disappointed. Depend on someone, and you might as well admit you’re going to be crushed, because when you really needed them, they wouldn’t be there. Either that, or you’d confide in them and you added to their problems. All you ever really had was yourself, and that sort of sucked if you were less than reliable.
– Jodi Picolt, Handle With Care
Pizza Power
“When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.”
– Dean Martin
Pesto pizza, Pizza My Heart, San Jose
Liquid Chocolate
“Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.”
– Joanne Harris, Chocolat
Hazelnut chocolate milkshake, Max Brenner, The Forum at Ceaser’s, Las Vegas
Maybe In Madras 